Re: Looking for more Debian packages

2003-07-30 Thread Andreas Janssen
Hello Jianan Huang (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > More about the BIOS. In DOS machine, hardware diagnostics and > initialization is done by the BIOS. And this is done before the operating system is loaded. Which means that it is done by the BIOS, independent of if Linux or DOS is installed on t

Re: Re Looking for more Debian packages

2003-07-30 Thread Colin Watson
On Wed, Jul 30, 2003 at 01:36:17PM +, Jianan Huang wrote: > Those double d commands are marvellous; simple and yet effective. It > even produces a positive side-effect; a backup copy of the floppy > image in the harddisk. I don't know if I'm the only one with this > problem; I read through 'dd'

Re Looking for more Debian packages

2003-07-30 Thread Jianan Huang
Hi folks, Thanks for the responses. Those double d commands are marvellous; simple and yet effective. It even produces a positive side-effect; a backup copy of the floppy image in the harddisk. I don't know if I'm the only one with this problem; I read through 'dd' with 'man' but is left with

C, D even older (Was Re: Looking for more Debian packages)

2003-07-29 Thread Ron Johnson
On Tue, 2003-07-29 at 09:15, Colin Watson wrote: > On Tue, Jul 29, 2003 at 01:31:24PM +, Jianan Huang wrote: > > 1) I read about disk boot problem in the mail list. Right now I boot > > from a floppy. My machine BIOS can only boot from the C drive or the > > floppy. I use D drive for my Linux.

Re: Looking for more Debian packages

2003-07-29 Thread Andreas Janssen
Hello Jianan Huang (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > 1) I read about disk boot problem in the mail list. Right now I boot > from a floppy. My machine BIOS can only boot from the C drive or the > floppy. I use D drive for my Linux. If my floppy fails to boot, I may > have to re-build a whole new syst

Re: Looking for more Debian packages

2003-07-29 Thread Colin Watson
On Tue, Jul 29, 2003 at 01:31:24PM +, Jianan Huang wrote: > 1) I read about disk boot problem in the mail list. Right now I boot > from a floppy. My machine BIOS can only boot from the C drive or the > floppy. I use D drive for my Linux. "C drive" and "D drive" are DOS/Windows concepts, by the

Re: Looking for more Debian packages

2003-07-29 Thread David Z Maze
(You seem to have sent your message three times to the list...) "Jianan Huang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > 1) I read about disk boot problem in the mail list. Right now I boot > from a floppy. My machine BIOS can only boot from the C drive or the > floppy. I use D drive for my Linux. Note that

Re: Looking for more Debian packages

2003-07-29 Thread Joerg Johannes
On Tuesday 29 July 2003 15:28, Jianan Huang wrote: > Hi folks > > My Linux system is basically working. I am looking at ways to enhance > it. > > 1) I read about disk boot problem in the mail list. Right now I boot > from a floppy. My machine BIOS can only boot from the C drive or the > floppy. I u

Looking for more Debian packages

2003-07-29 Thread Jianan Huang
Hi folks My Linux system is basically working. I am looking at ways to enhance it. 1) I read about disk boot problem in the mail list. Right now I boot from a floppy. My machine BIOS can only boot from the C drive or the floppy. I use D drive for my Linux. If my floppy fails to boot, I may have

Looking for more Debian packages

2003-07-29 Thread Jianan Huang
Hi folks My Linux system is basically working. I am looking at ways to enhance it. 1) I read about disk boot problem in the mail list. Right now I boot from a floppy. My machine BIOS can only boot from the C drive or the floppy. I use D drive for my Linux. If my floppy fails to boot, I may have

Looking for more Debian packages

2003-07-29 Thread Jianan Huang
Hi folks My Linux system is basically working. I am looking at ways to enhance it. 1) I read about disk boot problem in the mail list. Right now I boot from a floppy. My machine BIOS can only boot from the C drive or the floppy. I use D drive for my Linux. If my floppy fails to boot, I may have